Fender rack



March 15 1927 w. N. vANcE AFENDER RACK Filed March 2o 1920 3 Sheets-Sheet l March 15, 1927.

3 Sheets-Sheet 2 FENDER RACK W.-N. VANCE Filed March 20 W. N. VANCE FENDER RACK March 15 Filed March 2o. 1920 5 Sheets-Sheet i5 347 32 El 6W PagentedMar. 15,1927. Y y '1560,8417

,UNITED STATES rnrelsrr orrior.`

WALTER N. vANon, OF OIIIOAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIs,` AssIGNOn To :DURAND 'STEEL .Locxnn COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION or ILLINOIS.

FENDER RACK.

Application led March 20, 1920. Serial No. 367,563.

This invention relates ingeneral to shelf v Fig.' 10 is a perspective detail` view of a and rack constructions' and while it has more portionl of they construction as larranged in particular reference; to the provision of Figs. 1 to 6.` f 1 simpley'cheap `and strong racks for the sup- Q Forthe purpose of illustratingmy'inven- 5 porting and storing of bulky articles, as aution I have shown onthe drawing a rack con v60 tomobile fenders and the like, it will be readistruction' in whicliv automobile fenders or ly apparent that certain features of it have .the like maybe stored. yA number of duplivaluable use'in other connections. cated units, comprising uprights 15, AlQIlfl `A principalobjeot of the invention is the which cantilever arms extend out at the sides,

` provision ofan adequate and strong rack are arranged in spacedapartparallel rela- 65 construction for the storing of such bulky tion and so thatthe ends of. fenders 17 may,- .articles as automobile fenders and the like, rest upon 'cross-supports or connections exwhich will require relatively little material tending betweenfthe ends of the cantilever .f and'which will permitof ready reassembling arms, which ends and connections are shown or readjustmentasoccasion may require. as provided with shelves 18 in Fig. 1.'.The-70 Another important object/of the invention fenders eachhave an end supported bya isthe provision, of` a rackfor automobileV unit at one sideand the other endl supported fenders and the like which will permit the by the next adjacent unit. That is to say, fenders to be varranged in easy accessible po- .fille fellderS are laid upon, the cross-connec- 20 Sition and which w111 require a minimum 0f 'tionsof cantilever. arms extending toward loor space both when fenders and the like flh other. and into the Aspace between ad- "are in position, for storing and .when the jacent uprlghtsbr units.

racks are empty.

Y The JIframes, including the uprights, will `Another important object of the invention D O'C, 1 t`1S believed,v need particulary descrip- 3 is the provisionof a rackof this character C1011 since they alG-SutantaHythe Same aS, 8 0

which may be conveniently used for the Storthose shown anddescrrbed in my companionv ing of other articlesyas 'for example 13m-S, f applloatlon for shelf and Vrack construction rods and the like, and in factA for smaller dlsClOSed 111 4Hiyj prior Patent 1,560,122 of articles without requiring material readjust- NOVelIlbeI' 3, 1925, 'and the S3111@ iS llSO true,

3 ment or change in the character of the as'- O the cantileverfarmsemployed.except thatl 85 y Y sembly, l v such cantilever armsare preferably provided y .Numeroug-other'objeets andadvantages 0f LIntermeoliate their ends with apertures 19 in theinven'tion will be apparent as itis better the 17611310211 flangeSfQOf the angle member -lunderstood from the following description, 21 WhlCh OITIDS 2L Part Of each arIIL It -whieh taken in connection with the accommight; hOWeYGIIQlOG Well 'COSMQIM the 11p-'90 :panying drawings discloses a. preferred em- .rights `'comprise `'slotted rectangular tubes .bodiment thereof, i A 22'connected by webs23 and supported upon On the drawing, v a `base 24 which extends out to or beyond f uFiguren is anend View 0f arock construethe ends of the cantilever arms when in positionembodyingmy. present. invention; y tion. The uprights `are connected byv suit? 95 Fig, 2 is a Side elevation 0f a portion 0fv able braces and'cross members indicated at the.same;-v f 1 2on thedrawing. lThe cantilever arms veach -Fig.3 is a section takenV substantially 011 oonsistof an angle member bent at its center to provide legs adapted for disposahat the the `line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

'45 ,.Fig, 4 is a Section takenon the line 1-4.015 sides of thetubes and to be engagedwith the 10o Fig. 3; f slots 26 therein provided.` These angle inem- -Figs; 5 and 6 are Sections taken 0n the bers are'embraced by ametal sheet 27 carry-y lines 5-5 and V6 6 of Fig. 3; l ing a bearing member 28 for engagement .'Fig. 7 is a. section taken similarly to Fig. with the forwardface of the tube. r

3 showing 4a somewhaty dierent arrange-k In order to permitthe double angle arms 1,05

ment; y l lto be bent the horizontalflange iszcut away Fig. 8 is a vsection taken substantially on at .the end of each arm at 29 and slots. Slare the line 8--8 of Fig. 7; provided in the vertical flange. A crossbar f Fi 9 is a section taken substantially On or support32, having slots 33 in its under `the llne 9-9 of Fig.,7 and 1 face, is adaptedto extend between; adjacent 110 arms :and `to be moved down with the slots 31 and `33v in registration to form an interlocking connection. So much of the construction'as has just been described is i-llustrated and also described in my co-pending application already mentioned.

f In order that the fenders or other larticles may rest upon and extend between adjacent units without engaging .any sharpened edges likely to mar their finish, I provid-e a bearing member :at each side for them to rest upon. This bearing memberniay consist of a mere tube or pipe 34 as is illustrated in Figsf?` to y9 and adapted to embrace or be disposed about the cross-connection 32 :and to lextend from one cantilever armfto the next. When this form of bearing member is used the shelf 'or rack construction of 'my .earlier mentioned application may be employed without other change than the removing of the shelves and the positioning of the )tubes 34 about the" connections 32. I, however, prefer to provide a flatter. and

more ext-ended bearing ifor the articles supported and t0 this end I have provided ad- -ditional lcross-con-necting members 35 provided'with `tongues 36 at their endswhich tong-ues are adapted for insertion in the apertures 19, already mentioned. In assembling the construction the members 35 are positioned before the -members 32. The members 32 are then incorporated in the assemblagev locking the parts together. Relatively narrow shelves of sheet metal are pro` vided -to rest upon the cross Vconnections 32 and 35 and to yhave interlocking relation therewith and each comprises a shelfbody part 37 having downwardly extendingflanges 328 and 39 at the longitudinal edges. The front liiange 38 lis preferably Vbent yin at the bottom at 41"to dispose itin the plane of the bottom Aedgesof vthe angle member l2l vof the cantil lever arm .and of the cross-supports or conk"of Iits vcross connection '35;

'nections 32. The bottom edge 42 Vof the rear or inner flange 39 is Ipreferably bent in to extend under and beneath the bottom edge 'The ends of 'the shelf body are preferably turned down to form flanges 43 extending down in between the horizontal ian-ge vportions ofthe angle iron members of 'the cantilever arms." To vassemble the shelf 87, rthe bottom edgel42 of the rear or inner fla-nge 39i`is hooked behind the cross connecting-member 35. The flanges 43 are inserted Ibetween Tthe lhorizontal flange portion of the cantilever arms land-the flange I 0 inner ends being Iconnected to-fthe upright,

38 is then fastened down over the endof the arm. I

It will be ynoted (Fig. 4) that the forward end of the flange 4'3 engages the cross connector and that the parts when assembled are in interlocked j reation and provide a l substantially rigid unit.

it will be. manifest that this shelf construction may `conveniently be used for the carrying of bars, rods 'and the like and also for the storing of smaller articles upon the shelf part in front of the bar or rod supporting parts. The yslots in the uprights and the construct-ion of the canti-lever arms are v such as to permit of adjustment of the parte to meet widely varying requirements and since the larger objects, as fenders and the like, are 'supported at the two ends, the units may be separated as widely apart as is pos- 75 sible while permitting 'the ends of such n articles to have fullbearing,ythe Weight being thus concentrated at the' ends and l:transmitted vertically ydownwardly well within the base of the units involved.y Y

it is thought that the inventionland'imany of yits attendant advantages wiltbe understood from the foregoing description',l and it will be apparent that various .changes may be made in the form, fconstructionandfan i rangement of the parts without A'departing from the spirit and scope ofthe inventioner sacrificing afll of its material advantages, 'the form-hereinbefore described being merelyfa preferred embodiment'thereof.

l. in a shelf or rack construction, the'combination of uprights spaced apart, a cantilever arm extending from-each upright'soes i to provide spaced horizontal, paraliel,sup ports there-from, each fof said'arms consisting of a metal member returned upon itself, a cross-support connected to' the substantially extreme outer ends .of lsaid-arms, a second cross-support yextending between saidGO arms at a point substantially midwayl between the ends of said arms and thepoint of attachment of said arms tozsaiduprights,

a shelf member having a downward/ly b'entr A iiange underlying forward portions fof .saidi-"iO cantilever arms, the opposite end of said shelf member having a downwardyfbent flange provided with a forward `lip,-wl1ich lip yis adapted to `underlie said seeondrcrosssupport,vthere`by yhol'dilngsaid shelf member llO fiirmly resting on said two crossmembers' and bridging the space betweenv the two cantilever arms. l I ,L

2. lInay shelf or rack construction,1the'c`0m bination foftwo spaced uprights, acantilever -1'15 arm extending horizontally from each'yso as to provide two parallelspaced apart arms, each arm comprising angle member* returned upon itself whereby to form a'folded youter arm portion with Ptwo spaced kapart i120 angle portions, the angle portions at their the outer extremity of `each cantilever :arm lia-ving 4its angle portionsprovided with `vertical vslots, and each angle portion of afcanti- 125 a second cross-support having projecting bottom edges, one of said edges adapted lugs adapted to t 1n the registering aperunderlie the forward folded portion of said I0 tures of the angle arms, the upper portion cantilever arm and the opposite under edge of said second cross-support lying substanbeing adapted to underlie the under surface tially flush with the top surface of the angle of said second cross-support, whereby said arm,` and a sheet metal shelf member having shelf is `maintained in position, bridging the oppositely disposed downwardly extending space between said cantilever arms.v

anges terminating in inwardly extending' i `WALTER N. VANCE. 

